No whistle Youtube thread? Well then!

sturob · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:33 pm

Since there's no sticky for a YouTube thread of whistling . . . like there are for piping and fluting . . .

I encourage everyone to watch/listen to Jimmy mo mhile stór, sung here in Scots Gaelic rather than the usual Irish. Mick O'Brien does whistle on the clip, so it's not really all that off-topic.

Kathleen MacInnes, who's a native speaker of Scots Gaelic, has a great voice for airs, does she not? Wow. This is just one of my favorite air melodies and I thought it'd be nice to share it.

And it's not as depressing as the usual Gaelic air. Briefly, her love, Jimmy, has gone to sea. She sings of how she wants to be with him. And, it's not even implied that he's dead! Maybe this is sean-nós on Prozac.

Stuart

gallant_murray · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:59 pm

In keeping with the spirit: some nice low whistling here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7EWZ30-UDA

khl · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:15 pm

This guy has a number of things on youtube (and the page will show plenty of links to whistling to the side): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J22js2139y8

pipersgrip · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:16 pm

that kind of looks like john mcsherry.

gallant_murray · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:52 pm

still hasn't caught on yet. anyway, here's Cormac Breatnach playing Si Bheag Si Mhor with Micheal O Suileabhain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av4GnDqwke0
Some of his more taditional stuff. For those who like low whistle and jazz, here's a clip with Cormac and band. I still can't tell the difference between kerry pro and overton, so i don't know what he's playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMKNkW_-j1k

pipersgrip · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:02 pm

i really like Cormac Breatnach.

pipersgrip · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:04 pm

these guys are pretty good, especially for their age. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NXy3s_I87M

carrie · **Joined:** Thu Jan 03, 2002 4:00 pm **Posts:** 2044

sturob wrote:

Kathleen MacInnes, who's a native speaker of Scots Gaelic, has a great voice for airs, does she not?

So she does. That's lovely.

eskin · **Posted:** Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:16 pm

Geez, I've got like 40+ whistle tune teaching videos up at:

http://www.tradlessons.com

They are all hosted on YouTube.

cavefish · **Joined:** Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:22 am **Posts:** 787

VERY NICE , THANKS - and she does have a soothing voice
here is a nice mellow one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsHMZX1ulMY

Goldie · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2007 3:44 am

gallant_murray wrote:

. For those who like low whistle and jazz, here's a clip with Cormac and band. I still can't tell the difference between kerry pro and overton, so i don't know what he's playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMKNkW_-j1k

In this clip he is playing an Overton made by Bernard which was modified by Cillian OBriain years before Kerry pros ever were thought of. Phil just copied the idea of the tuning slide at a later date. I have come across many Overtons that have had that conversion done and yes the Kerry pro does look identical to them from a distance so it would be confusing. The only way to know for sure is to ask the person who owns it.

Colin

Nanohedron · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2007 9:08 am

This thread is hereby stickyfied.

Buckeye67 · **Joined:** Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:27 pm **Posts:** 147

MTGuru · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2007 1:46 pm

Maybe change the name of this thread, now that it's officially sticky?

pipersgrip · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2007 2:38 pm

hahaha, congrats on making the thread.

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